Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

25 again this morning, should warm up mid week. I have a lot of work this week, I’ve gotten behind.
Discovered Ellen’s hard wired smoke and CO detectors are malfunctioning. Fixed the smokes with a good cleaning and blowout but the CO was a no go. She has a wood stove and oil furnace, not a good situation.

 

[wngsprd]

26 going to 51. A few small patches of snow remain in the shade from last week.

Raccoon got us up early again this morning. They usually run off when Coco barks. This one stayed in the sunflower can after barking, and after I cut the lights on and knocked on the glass in the door. I have a trap, guess I'm gonna have to use it.

The wrens are building a new nest on top of the outside speaker on the screened porch...seems to be their favorite place. I took the door off for winter to make moving firewood in easier, so they have been roosting there all winter. My wife even placed a small piece of Christmas artificial greenery on top of the speaker to give them shelter...now they have woven real leaves and materials into it.

 

[wngsprd]

Good morning, met Ellens mom and dad, great folks! Mom has Alzhiemers but was having a good day. Dad showed me his tractors, all 23 of them! Plus a 29 MB kit car, home built children’s train with 12 cars, antique carriages, one repro built by Otis Marine. Hundreds of antique tools and toys, two whisky stills, etc...
I’m in love dad! LOL He is 81, looks 70 if that, walks like a 40 year old. He was impressed with how many antiques I recognized including the mini washing machines and mechanical rub board. Met her special needs sister who made my day with a big hug.
Invited back to see more stuff.
Now I know where Ellen gets her personality and sass!

Hope things work out even better. Her dad sounds cool.

What do you mean you "discovered" her smoke detectors?

 

[daugen]

Sun
Rise
Set
Actual Time
7:04 AM
7:25 PM
Civil Twilight
6:38 AM
7:51 PM
Nautical Twilight
6:09 AM
8:21 PM
Astronomical Twilight
5:38 AM
8:51 PM

went to look at what time the sun would come up and was faced with a lot of twilight options I'd never heard of.

so if you start early in the day, very early, you can tell your wife you are going out into the nautical twilight.
sometimes my late wife thought we had arrived there when we got lost in the boat...

 

[toppop52]

Wngsprd, Wrens can make a mess! Had that issue with the swallows we call Martins.
Buppies, Ellen says your invite is accepted!
Drew, you’re a good man and a good Quaker my friend.
Prayers for the sick and injured, the willing and wicked alike!
Gotta get moving into this busy day.

 

[Buppies]

30 high of 49 today lots of snow melting going on very wet ground

Doctors appointment today then look at jobs

Prayers for all of those in need

 

[toppop52]

Hope things work out even better. Her dad sounds cool.

What do you mean you "discovered" her smoke detectors?

She opened the door in the wood stove and got a puff from a sticking flue, the detectors were barely audible and the CO detector was dead. Sorry, I went back and finished the post.
I also fixed the flue. She’s a very independent gal, but I’m gradually breaking through and helping where she needs it.

 

[Buppies]

Toppop glad things went well

Wngsprd have house wrens that wake us up every morning right beside our bedroom and purple martins under the deck. Juncos sometimes called snow birds still here

 

[Buppies]

Drew sealers that lowes carry are not worth having see if there is a sealmaster distributor close by if you want to do it yourself. Looks like Raleigh is the closest

 

[Buppies]

12 and going to a high of 46 and sunny. Wind SE 10 mph.

I have to go to the city (Markham) tomorrow, so I will leave here at about 2 A.M. (stupid o'clock) and it is supposed to rain tomorrow. I hope the rain holds off until I get south far enough that it is a softer rain than what we would get here. The meeting starts at 8 A.M., but I want to have breakfast on the way and before I get there. Motel room tomorrow night and an all you can eat Chinese food buffet, then up to the boat on Wednesday on the way home.

This will probably be my last post until Thursday.

Take care all

Be safe on your trip